Nancy Cartwright

Emmy Award-winning actress Nancy Cartwright is best known as the voice of spike-headed underachiever Bart Simpson, but also gives voice to Ralph Wiggum, Nelson Muntz, Todd Flanders and various others in the town of Springfield. Her most recent role embracing these characters is in the worldwide smash hit The Simpsons Movie.

In addition to her work on The Simpsons, Cartwright voices Rufus the Naked Mole Rat in the cable series Kim Possible as well as Tod Daring in the cable series The Replacements. With over two decades at the mic, Cartwright has lent her voice to characters on various other animated series, including Chuckie in the cable series Rugrats, Richie Rich, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, The Critic, God, The Devil and Bob and Mike, Lu & Og, as well as Chuck Jones’ final work, Timberwolf.

Also known for her on-camera work, Cartwright has had numerous roles in television series and movies, including Fame, Empty Nest, Cheers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Twilight Zone: The Movie and Godzilla, as well as the lead in the TV movie Marian Rose White.

Cartwright received an Emmy Award and an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Voice-Over Performance as Bart Simpson, as well as Emmys for Animaniacs and Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain and a DramaLogue Award for her one-woman play, In Search of Fellini.

Cartwright was recognized by the Houston Film Festival for her original series The Kellys, when she received the Silver Award acknowledging the excellent work of her company, SportsBlast, and partner Turner Broadcasting in debuting The Kellys on Nascar.com. SportsBlast has a new animated series, SportsScopes, currently airing at NASCAR Nextel Cup tracks and on the Web.

Cartwright actively supports many nonprofit organizations that help children, including Famous Fone Friends, Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Way to Happiness Foundation and World Literacy Crusade, in addition to her own non-profit organization, Happy House. She is a member of Women in Film, ASIFA – The International Animation Society, Women in Animation and The Chouinard Foundation.

Cartwright released a best-selling autobiography, My Life as a Ten-Year-Old Boy (Hyperion/Bloomsbury), based on The Simpsons series, and followed it up in 2004 with an audio book version and a one-woman show that debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004 and went on to tour Australia in 2005.

Cartwright was born in Kettering, OH, and now lives in Los Angeles.